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Russell Banks

Russell Banks is the author of sixteen works of fiction, many of which depict seismic events in US history, such as the fictionalized journey of John Brown in Cloudsplitter. His work has been translated into twenty languages and has received numerous international prizes, and two of his novels-The Sweet Hereafter and Affliction-have been made into award-winning films. His forthcoming novel, The Reserve, will be published in early 2008. President of the International Parliament of Writers and former New York State Author, Banks lives in upstate New York.

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Cloudsplitter

A Novel

By:
Russell Banks

Narrated by:
Pete Larkin

Length: 29 hrs and 35 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
56

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
50

Story

4 out of 5 stars
50

Deeply researched, brilliantly plotted, and peopled with a cast of unforgettable characters both historical and wholly invented,
Cloudsplitter is dazzling in its re-creation of the political and social landscape of our history....